Johnny Maestro & the Crests - Sweetest One

Classic New York doo wop - Joyce 103 1957

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• doo
• wop
• rock
• brooklyn

[Hank0531]

saw The Crest on Saturday night July 31.The Crest have a new lead singer,name

Mara, don't remember his first name. The reason I wasn't impressed.I think he

is going to ruin the name and memory of The Crest. He is no Johnny Maestro.

I remember the Crest in the 50's, I thought they were very special. And when I

heard the Crest on WCBS-FM in 1972. I was 9,10,11 years old in 1957,58 and

1959,I heard the Crest on WINS here in New York. Pleae Mr Mara don't

ruin The Crest.

[HarryWarner]

@Hank0531 Relax, Hank - Johnny hadn't been singing with the Crests since the group broke up years ago. The Crests continued with other lead singers over the years and became mostly forgettable . Johnny formed Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge in the late '60s and sang with them (both Crests and Brooklyn Bridge songs) until his untimely passing. So forget about the current Crests and pay attention to the Brooklyn Bridge and their new lead singer who I promise won't disappoint you.

[comeondumbfock]

The Crests' first charted hit! Their next hit would be the one that got them popular. 19 Candles!!

[HarryWarner]

Did the Crests record "19 Candles" 3 years after they did "16 Candles"? And was it about the same girl?

[musicmaker1999]

heck harry are u ever spoiling this uk girl i cant get over these you r putting up johnny maestro yes hes the sweetest one for sure with a voice touched by angels ty so much

[HarryWarner]

I'm glad you're enjoying my Johnny Maestro uploads. I noticed that several of his very early classic recordings were not yet up so I went to my archives.

I appreciate your comments.

[TopazDupree]

"Sweetest One" was The Crests' first charted single... #86 in 1957. The song was co-written by Johnny Maestro, who is in two of the slideshow photos (the other photo includes James Ancrum, who replaced Johnny when he left The Crests). Also in one of the photos is the late Patricia Van Dross, only 15 at the time. She sang on this recording and on "My Juanita".

[OneHokie4Life]

@hanklukas Johnny should have been inducted a long time ago. The people in the decision process are clueless as to what and who defined Rock and Roll. They have confused it with Rock and focused far too much on putting in those people. Its sad that idiots higjacked the rock n roll hall of fame

[hanklukas]

What a loss. Now we are trying to get him in the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame Johnny Maestro belongs there.

[hanklukas]

I know it's Tommy for Tommy Mara of The Crest. I had seen him two years in a row.The first time

July,2010. Not long after Johnny died. I guess because of that I was judging him.The last time I saw Johnny Maestro was in August,2008 at Hicksville High School.

[rocknroll1955]

@Hank0531 his first name is Tommy!, Erik Von

[robshannon]

@HarryWarner Johhny was right up there with the GREATS. He kept singing to the end. The songs Johnny did with The Crests were up there with the greatest. I saw The Brooklyn Bridge at the Highway Inn in Roosevelt, Long Island sometime in the late 60's. Fantastic!

[vincent5august]

One of the greatest songs ever.

[MegaDianal]

I'll always love this song.

[deanslist101]

If my memory serves me correctly, this was the first song ever played on the Time Capsule Show. I think I remember them saying that on one of their anniversary shows. If so it was a great way to start a great show. During the British Invasion, when the waves swamped what was left of the great group harmony era, the TCS was the only bastion still holding out and playing the old songs on WFUV, the Fordham University Voice. God bless the great Johnny Maestro for sharing his talents with us.

[hanklukas]

Hi Harry, I am finally getting a chance to respond to you, at the time I was Hank0531,now I am Hank Lukas. You told me to relax,I was relaxed all I did was give anmpression Tommy Mara, that is all I did. I wrote that 11 months ago. I guess what it was was the I wasn't over the death of Johnny Maestro, I had been listening to Johnny for over 50 years. I first heard him when I was 9 years old. My first impression Mr Mara was not very good. I just saw him and the Crest again,